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Officials and Sections of Departments

August 29, 2016

Secretariat of the Policy Board

Officials

  • Ryota Yanagihara (Director-General)
  • Junichi Iwabuchi (Director-General, Senior Secretary to the Governor)
  • Yoji Onozawa (Director-General for Management Strategy, Budget and Accounting)
  • Takeshi Nakajima (Deputy Director-General)
  • Katsuya Motohata (Deputy Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Katsuya Kuramoto)
  • Diet Liaison Division (Atsushi Dono)
  • Media Relations Division (Tadaaki Kumagai)
  • Legal Division (Kenji Sakuta)
  • Management Strategy Division (Toshiaki Kamijo)
  • Budget and Accounting Division (Hideki Takada)
  • Secretarial Division (Junichi Iwabuchi)

Internal Auditors' Office

Officials

  • Toshiyuki Wada (Director-General)
  • Akinori Ino (Internal Auditor)
  • Kazuhiko Takemoto (Internal Auditor)
  • Jun Tomita (Internal Auditor)
  • Tomoyoshi Kanbara (Associate Director-General)
  • Koichi Ogata (Associate Director-General)

Monetary Affairs Department

Officials

  • Shinichi Uchida (Director-General)
  • Hidetsugu Chida (Deputy Director-General)
  • Tomoyuki Shimoda (Deputy Director-General)
  • Naruki Mori (Deputy Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Policy Planning Division (Kazuhiro Masaki)
  • Policy Infrastructure Division (Koichiro Suzuki)
  • Policy Studies Division (Kenji Nishizaki)

Financial System and Bank Examination Department

Officials

  • Yasuhiro Yamada (Director-General)
  • Shinichiro Hayashi (Deputy Director-General)
  • Morichika Hattori (Deputy Director-General and Principal Examiner)
  • Satoshi Nagano (Deputy Director-General)
  • Ken Matsushita (Deputy Director-General)
  • Shinobu Nakagawa (Deputy Director-General)
  • Satoshi Kawazoe (Deputy Director-General)
  • Takeshi Kimura (Deputy Director-General)
  • Toshio Tsuiki (Deputy Director-General)
  • Yuko Kawai (Principal Examiner)
  • Hiroichi Oomasa (Principal Examiner)
  • Masakazu Watanabe (Principal Examiner)
  • Toshihiko Sugiura (Principal Examiner)
  • Takashi Nagae (Principal Examiner)
  • Michinobu Kishi (Associate Director-General)
  • Akira Ieda (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Yoshihito Saito)
  • Financial Data Division (Tetsuya Taguchi)
  • Examination Division (Hidehiko Umeda)
  • Examination Planning Division (Risa Ueda)
  • Financial Institutions Division I (Hiroshi Kamiguchi)
  • Financial Institutions Division II (Yuji Abematsu)
  • Financial Institutions Division III (Makoto Minegishi)
  • International Division (Naoto Shimoda)
  • Financial System Research Division (Yoshihiro Komaki)
  • Center for Advanced Financial Technology (Akira Ieda)

Payment and Settlement Systems Department

Officials

  • Hiromi Yamaoka (Director-General)
  • Masayuki Mizuno (Deputy Director-General)
  • Naoyuki Iwashita (Deputy Director-General)
  • Shuji Kobayakawa (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Payment and Settlement Systems Division (Toshio Kanazawa)
  • Business Continuity Planning Division (Tomohiro Nakayama)

Financial Markets Department

Officials

  • Seiichi Shimizu (Director-General)
  • Hirotaka Hideshima (Deputy Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Coordination and Market Analysis Division (Yoshiaki Azuma)
  • Market Operations Division (Akio Okuno)
  • Market Infrastructure Division (Kota Iijima)
  • Foreign Exchange Division (Hirotaka Inoue)

Research and Statistics Department

Officials

  • Toshitaka Sekine (Director-General)
  • Junichi Suzuki (Associate Director-General)
  • Masahiro Higo (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Economic Research Division (Koji Nakamura)
  • Regional Research Division (Yoshikazu Morimoto)
  • Economic Statistics Division (Hibiki Ichiue)
  • Price Statistics Division (Koji Koyama)

International Department

Officials

  • Shigeto Nagai (Director-General)
  • Yoshinori Nakata (Deputy Director-General)
  • Jun Iwasaki (Associate Director-General)
  • Keiichi Miyata (Associate Director-General)
  • Hideki Nonoguchi (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Administration Division (Naomi Takeda)
  • International Coordination Division (Keiji Fukuzawa)
  • International Operations Division (Shinji Kawai)
  • Global Economic Research Division (Shinsuke Oyama)
  • Balance of Payments Division (Takeshi Nakamura)

Currency Issue Department

Officials

  • Yutaka Okada (Director-General)
  • Taro Teruuchi (Deputy Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Takeshi Mori)
  • Nihonbashi Currency Issue Division (Hiroyuki Tatsuta)
  • Toda Currency Issue Division (Satoshi Murakuni)

Operations Department

Officials

  • Mitsuru Nomura (Director-General)
  • Nami Numoto (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Toru Miki)
  • Operations Control Division (Koji Kuwahara)
  • Banking Division (Kenichi Nakamura)
  • Treasury Funds Division (Kensuke Hazama)
  • Government Securities Division (Hidemi Kataoka)

Information System Services Department

Officials

  • Takeshi Kato (Director-General)
  • Fumikazu Taniguchi (Deputy Director-General)
  • Motoyuki Nakamura (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • System Planning and Coordination Division (Eiji Fukuda)
  • Business System Development Division (Masato Yamazaki)
  • Information System Development Division (Hiroo Mizuno)
  • BOJ-NET Development and System Operations Division (Tomohiro Usui)
  • System Infrastructure Development Division (Tomonori Iwasa)

Public Relations Department

Officials

  • Seiichi Tsurumi (Director-General)
  • Mizuho Maekawa (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Kazuhiro Okayama)
  • Financial Services Information Division (Masashi Kuramoto)

Personnel and Corporate Affairs Department

Officials

  • Nobuyasu Yoshioka (Director-General)
  • Hirohide Koguchi (Director-General for Personnel Management)
  • Tsuyoshi Nakamura (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Tetsuro Hanajiri)
  • Personnel Division (Kenji Fujita)
  • Human Resources Development Division (Shinichi Sato)

Administration Department

Officials

  • Takeshi Nakamura (Director-General)
  • Sho Kotaka (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Planning and Coordination Division (Akihisa Shinmi)
  • Premises Management Division (Hisayoshi Yoshihama)
  • General Supplies Division (Takashi Manabe)
  • Welfare Division (Hirotatsu Katsuura)
  • Security and General Services Division (Naohiko Doi)

Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies

Officials

  • Shigenori Shiratsuka (Director-General)
  • Koichiro Kamada (Associate Director-General)

Divisions and Heads of Divisions

  • Economic and Financial Studies Division (Ko Nakayama)
  • Financial Infrastructure Studies Division (Masaki Bessho)
  • Historical Studies Division (Takeo Kanamori)
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